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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.


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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.



We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.



We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.



Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.



One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.



While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.



A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.



Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.



We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.



An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.





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We can receive Jesus Christ when we believe in His message and trust in Him alone to save us.

We can receive Jesus Christ when we believe in His message and trust in Him alone to save us.



A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.

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All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.

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The most satisfying project you will ever undertake-and a mark of a complete human being-is to discover how to build a sense of happiness that no one can take away from you.

The most satisfying project you will ever undertake-and a mark of a complete human being-is to discover how to build a sense of happiness that no one can take away from you.



I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.

I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.



My girlfriend said, Just buy me something crazy and expensive, something I don't even need! So, I signed her up for radiation treatment.

My girlfriend said, Just buy me something crazy and expensive, something I don't even need! So, I signed her up for radiation treatment.



Now that's hard for many people to believe, given that the media image of a drug dealer is a black kid standing on the street corner with his pants sagging down.

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I don't have a clue why I'm famous, either. But I didn't make myself famous. I'm not doing it; you are doing it.

I don't have a clue why I'm famous, either. But I didn't make myself famous. I'm not doing it; you are doing it.



Yeah, but I do call them back and follow up. Most people talk at overweight people, I talk with them.

Yeah, but I do call them back and follow up. Most people talk at overweight people, I talk with them.




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This page presents the quote "Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.". Author of this quote is Quintilian. This quote is about broken, broken promises, broken heart, evil,.